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Sony + Rocketboom = Cracklin’ Success? Sony + Rocketboom = Cracklin’ Success?

Citing a need to up it’s online “street cred”, entertainment behemoth Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired worldwide, exclusive distribution rights to Rocketboom, one of …

Paris Prez Parody Boasts Bold Plan Paris Prez Parody Boasts Bold Plan

Paris Hilton’s plunge into presidential politics prompted over 5 million views in the first 24 hours alone…but not to her website.

No, Paris posted …

Flash! Despair.com Offers “More” Flash! Despair.com Offers “More”

Dateline: July 15, 2008

The bewildering folks at Despair.com can be counted on for two things—demotivation and occasional inspiration.

On the inspirational tip, Despair.com is now …

HappySlip Celebrates Its 50th! HappySlip Celebrates Its 50th!

Dateline: May 20, 2008

It’s official! HappySlip is now 50 posts into its Internet career. Veteran online performer, Internet celebrity and HappySlip.com …

Apple TV– Take 2

Apple released its long-awaited Apple TV Take 2 software update yesterday, despite having announced just two weeks ago that the company wasn’t ready to …

Court Says “Yes” to Google Nudity Court Says “Yes” to Google Nudity

A San Francisco federal appeals court ruled today that nude thumbnails used by Google did not infringe upon the copyrights of adult publisher Perfect10.com. …

WallStrip Catches CBS’s Eye WallStrip Catches CBS’s Eye

WallStrip, the daily video web log where “stock culture meets pop culture”, has fallen under the covetous CBS eye. In a deal …

You Go211.com, Mr. ‘Boarding Legend Hosoi! You Go211.com, Mr. ‘Boarding Legend Hosoi!

Go211.com, the premier action sports social networking and online video site, announced today that skateboarding legend Christian Hosoi has …

US Military Sacks YouTube US Military Sacks YouTube

Citing bandwidth priorities, the U.S. Department of Defense has decreed that its soldiers will now be blocked from surfing YouTube.  Also citing …

Spike Lee is Babelgum’s Inside Man Spike Lee is Babelgum’s Inside Man

First indie director Spike Lee lent his name to a contest at LiveMansion.com. Now he’s backing the online, video entertainment venture …

Congress Takes Down YouTube Congress Takes Down YouTube

Kara Rowland of the Washington Times has an excellent article detailing a recent meeting of the House Energy and Commerce telecommunications and the …

Break.com Twisted By “The I-Killer” Break.com Twisted By “The I-Killer”

The production company behind the Saw franchise, Twisted Pictures, has signed one of the most impressive online deals since, well, a …

PrezVid Joins WashPost PrezVid Joins WashPost

The Washington Post’s online group, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive, relaunched several weeks ago with a blunt new stance on online video: they like it. So it …

More Juice for Joost

Joost, the Web online entertainment site that stole YouTube’s thunder last winter by scoring the Viacom content library, has raised $45 million from Sequioa …

Simon & Schuster Books the Web Simon & Schuster Books the Web

“Readers have long hungered for greater contact and more information about authors,” says Sue Fleming, Vice President, Online and Consumer …

Obama Jilts Supporter, Loses 160,000 MySpace Friends Obama Jilts Supporter, Loses 160,000 MySpace Friends

For more than two years, LA-based Barack Obama supporter Joe Anthony has created, nurtured and grown the Obama MySpace page. Barack’s team was …

Jim Gilmore’s Online 2008 Prez Bid Jim Gilmore’s Online 2008 Prez Bid

This just in from his MySpace page, former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore will officially announce Thursday as a 2008 candidate for President of …

National Geographic Blinx

Blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, today announced a partnership with the National Geographic Channel, a television network committed to providing the …

Mark Burnett Plans Political, Web “Survivor”

The reality TV maven has proposed a MySpace-based political contest called Independent, where users will submit videos to become “candidates” and then will “run” …

Candidates to Debate Online

Presidential hopefuls will participate in two online debates — one for each party — later this year. Moderated by longtime PBS host Charlie Rose, …

ROO Beefs Up MTV Online Player

MTV Networks, and Internet video specialist ROO, today announced a partnership to offer a best-in-breed video player and customizable video channels to the more …

Traffic Plummets at Bud.TV Traffic Plummets at Bud.TV

According to an AdAge article published today, Anheuser-Busch’s online, broadband channel Bud.tv, saw traffic to its site drop by 40% in March, compared …

Web Radio Circles the Wagons

As reported by SiteSurfin’ on March 2nd, the Copyright Royalty Board recently ruled to change the framework for paying royalties for songs streamed …

The Plot to Topple WebMD The Plot to Topple WebMD

Chris Cole wrote a great article detailing the strategic launch of multiple medical websites contending to knock WebMD off its throne. Even more …

Google To Tighten Privacy Google To Tighten Privacy

Google announced the adoption of new privacy measures aimed at making it more difficult to bridge online search requests with the people making those …